The ''Rugby League Journal'' is a British

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

periodical that is published quarterly. It was founded in 2002. The magazine is based in Egremont, near

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

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''"for fans who don't want to forget"'' the game as it was prior to the arrival of Super League. Its editor is Harry Edgar, the founder of ''Open Rugby'' (now ''

Rugby League World ''Rugby League World'' is a dedicated rugby league magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Other rugby league titles published by League Publications Ltd include the weekly newspaper ''Rugby Leaguer & League Express'' and the annual ''G ...

''). Much of its contents are pictures and comments from the post-

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era, 1950s-1970s and includes obituaries of some of rugby league's stars of those decades. It sells for £2.95 per issue.

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Official website
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